Original 'Rocky Horror' actor Christopher Malcolm dies

Feb. 17, 2014
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by Haley Blum, USA TODAY

by Haley Blum, USA TODAY

Christopher Malcolm, who performed in the original stage production of The Rocky Horror Show, has died. He was 67.

The actor played Brad Majors in the musical. Malcolm's daughter, playwright Morgan Lloyd Malcolm, confirmed the news on Twitter Saturday.

"Today the world lost a beautiful, brilliant man. My dad Christopher Malcolm left peacefully and with dignity. He will always be my hero. X," she tweeted. The cause of death has not been reported.

The Scottish actor starred in the 1973 London production of what would become a cult favorite, playing one half of a newly engaged couple who stumble upon the world of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. The musical was brought to the big screen as The Rocky Horror Picture Show in 1975, though Majors was played by a different actor, Barry Bostwick.

Malcolm, an accomplished Shakespearean actor, also appeared in 1980's Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back as Zev Senesca, 1986's Labyrinth as the father and the same year's Highlander as Kirk Matunas.

His daughter has been retweeting memories of her father shared by other Twitter users.